Ben & Jerry founder declares to Tucker ‘I love Jesus Christ’

In a stunning turnaround, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen declared his love for Jesus Christ in remarks made to podcaster Tucker Carlson.

Cohen, known for his anti-Trump resistance bona fides and anti-Israel boycotts, is still a raging leftist, but a pro-Jesus and even pro-Elon one.

“I was born a Jew — I love Jesus Christ,” he told Carlson. “I think the words that he said are wonderful, are amazing. And, you know, I’m kind of distressed that a lot of organized Christian religions are not really, I don’t know, abiding by the words of Jesus Christ.”

“I think if we could follow the words of Jesus Christ and think about the Sermon on the Mount and, you know, take his words seriously, we wouldn’t be doing the stuff we’re currently doing,” he added.

Listen:

Ben Cohen moved to Vermont in 1977 and co-founded the world’s most liberal ice cream company. You may think you disagree with him on everything. But take a second and hear him out on the Ukraine war.

(0:00) Introduction
(1:03) The Russia/Ukraine War Is Totally Unnecessary
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 5, 2025

When he mentioned “stuff we’re currently doing,” he specifically meant the war in Ukraine and the war in Israel, both of which he opposes.

Regarding the Ukraine war, he actually appears to believe that the West is in the wrong for expanding NATO against Russia’s wishes.

“I think what you need to understand is what provoked that war and how it could have been prevented,” he told Carlson. “You know, at the end of the Cold War, the US made promises to Russia that they’re not going to expand NATO eastward. And then we proceeded to expand NATO eastward.”

“As a matter of fact, you know, there was, the government was not going to do that until the weapons manufacturers set up this committee to expand NATO, which was essentially the CEOs of the weapons manufacturers lobbying Congress to expand NATO. So, I mean, geez, if you’re a weapons manufacturer and you expand NATO, they’re going to buy a lot of your stuff,” he added.

Cohen, at one point, even openly defended Russia.

“We added more countries [to NATO] a bunch of years later, and Russia was up in arms, objected in the most strenuous language, and you know, there might have been a few more,” he said. “And then there was a statement that Ukraine was going to become part of NATO. And Russia objected in the most strenuous language.”

“And then Russia started gathering some troops on the border and again said in the most strenuous language that we will not tolerate having Ukraine part of NATO. We want to negotiate. They sent overtures to the U.S. I think the U.S. did not respond. We ignore you if we don’t like you. We don’t talk to you if we don’t like you. And then, and then they invaded,” he added.

Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen says the war in Ukraine was “provoked” pic.twitter.com/WQRKdyDZBY

— Jungle Journey (@JnglJourney) May 6, 2025

On the Israel issue, he’s again sided against the West, this time on the basis that Israel is committing a “genocide” in Gaza.

“Well, there seems to be some kind of strange relationship between Israel and the US where, I don’t know, Israel now has the US supplying weapons for its genocide,” he told Carlson. “And what I’m told is that Israel wants some concept of Greater Israel.”

Similarly, while he’s against the Israel-Gaza war, he’s also against any potential wars with Iran on the basis that the United States doesn’t face any threat from the terrorism-sponsoring regime.

“Their military budget is like $7 billion,” he explained. “Our Pentagon budget is darn close to a trillion. So I don’t think that. I mean, what, is Iran going to invade the US? I don’t think so.”

So he’s still clearly a leftist, though at least now he’s down with Jesus AND Musk. Believe it or not, Cohen has in fact become a huge fan of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Amazingly enough, Cohen has even shown President Donald Trump a little love:

BREAKING NEWS: Trump announced he wants to cut the Pentagon budget in HALF. Maybe the people will triumph over the war profiteers for once. @DOGE @elonmusk @dogevsblob pic.twitter.com/1QqdYwEPOW

— Ben Cohen (@YoBenCohen) February 13, 2025

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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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